On the heels of the current single “The Day I Tried To Live” moving up the radio charts, heavy metal legends Sevendust are announcing their 13th studio album Blood & Stone. The new album is scheduled for release on October 23rd via Rise Records (the second for the band on the label). The latest release also marks a return for the band with producer Michael “Elvis” Baskette, known for his work with Alter Bridge; Tremonti; Slash; and others. Blood & Stone is available for pre-order in various configurations at https://RiseRecords.lnk.to/BloodAndStone.
GHØSTKID, the new moniker of Sebastian “Sushi” Biesler (formerly Eskimo Callboy), announces their signing to Century Media Records. Biesler gathered a group of likeminded friends to shape the project: Steve Joakim (drums) from Sweden, as well as Danny Güldener (guitar), and Stanislaw Czywil (bass), who used to play in To The Rats And Wolves.
While the majority of the metal community are enjoying the premiere of the Wacken World Wide XR live streams in this pandemic-struck summer, Ukrainian heavy hitters JINJER are celebrating the one-year anniversary of their groundbreaking Wacken Open Air 2019 performance by unleashing a blistering live video of their breakthrough song, “Pisces”, captured at the festival. Embody the summer concert vibe and witness JINJER taking the crowd at the world’s permiere metal festival by storm!
Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM. The Olympia, Washington based band is currently working on a new album to be released in 2021. More news about the album will be made available over the months to come. WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM comment on the signing: “We are proud to announce our collaboration with Relapse records. As fans of the label since the early days, we are excited to be working with such capable folks. We are currently crafting our forthcoming record which will be released in North America by Relapse in alliance with Century Media who will be handling the rest of the world. More news to be announced very soon.” In early 2021 the band will be releasing their...
LA’s BODY COUNT release a music video for the hard-hitting track “Thee Critical Beatdown” from their highly acclaimed recent full-length album Carnivore. The animation work was done by Tommy The Animator, who previously created the music video for “The Ski Mask Way” off Body Count’s previous release Bloodlust (2017). Watch the animated music video of “Thee Critical Beatdown”
Intronaut has released a new digital single, “Run Through the Jungle” – a cover version of the Creedence Clearwater Revival classic! Guitarist/vocalist Sacha Dunable comments: “Sometime during the writing process for ‘Fluid Existental Inversions’, I had the idea to cover this song, from one of my favorite bands and songwriters of all time.
On the heels of the announcement of the release of Wicked Sensation Reimagined to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of that seminal record, Lynch Mob have released a static video for the title track “Wicked Sensation (Reimagined).” The announcement has spawned a lot of debate online about what the new versions will sound like and the fans get their first taste today.
